News Archive

Duneside Perch in 1:52.4
June 21, 2007
Trainer George Teague Jr. sent out a trio of winners in the New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) for 2-year-old pacers on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, winning with Duneside Perch, Cartniverous and Just Desserts.Teague’s Duneside Perch was the fastest of the freshman colts on the card.  Driven b
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Harr hosts DSBF splits
June 21, 2007
Two $20,000 divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes were contested for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Trevor Warwick and Peter George's Mr. Aviator ($2.80, Kevin Sizer) won the first division in 1:54.1, while Chang Racing Dynasty's
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A hot 1:55 win at Balmoral
June 21, 2007
The Illinois conceived and foaled 2-year-old filly pacing set was on display Wednesday night as Balmoral Park prepared to head into its six-week summer break. Trainer James Crebs has sent out his fair share of homebred stars and it looks like he may have another in 2007 as She’s So Hot made her pari
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Mo Jo silences sparrow
June 21, 2007
The mare Fox Valley Mo Jo halted the two-race winning streak of S Sparrow Express when defeating that rival to take the featured $8,000 seventh-race trot at Pompano Park on Wednesday, covering the mile in a lifetime best 1:57.   Driven from post four by Daryl Bier, Fox Valley Mo Jo dueled wi
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NJSS sophs in spotlight
June 21, 2007
This weekend at the Meadowlands 3-year-old pacers are in the spotlight in a pair of $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals. The fillies are carded on Friday night in the fifth race and the colts as Saturday night’s fifth race. The Joe Holloway-trained entry of Always A Virgin and Fresh Deck has bee
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14 hope to rock at Nfld
June 21, 2007
A field of 14 three-year-old pacing colts entered Northfield Park’s Heineken Premium Light Cleveland Classic, forcing two $87,600, seven-horse divisions for Saturday’s race.   Hot Rod Mindale has been given a slight edge in the first division, as director of racing Gregg Keidel made him
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Can granny get the win?
June 21, 2007
Granny Gui is one of five daughters of Dream Vacation hoping to pull off the upset in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old filly trotters on Thursday night at the Meadowlands.  Among the competition she will face are Possess The Magic, who led all 2-year-old trotters in earn
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$500 fireworks at Tioga
June 21, 2007
Tioga Downs has announced its extra July 4 racing program will have an added incentive for trainers as each conditioner who wins a race on the holiday card will receive a $500 bonus from the racetrack.   The New York track recently added the card to its live racing schedule, and will have a p
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Morrill to drive Kenneth J
June 21, 2007
Highlighting the Saturday night card at Vernon Downs will be five divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers, with fifth-place finisher in the North America Cup and Vernon Downs hometown favorite Kenneth J making his return to the Empire State from post po
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JC scores with stars
June 21, 2007
John Campbell drove three prominent horses to victories in qualifiers at the Meadowlands Thursday morning, scoring with the 3 year olds Artzina and Little Miss Dragon and the 4 year old Jereme’s Jet.   Artzina, a pacing colt by Artiscape, enjoyed a second-over journey and won over Digital Z T
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Lederman goes Xtreme
June 21, 2007
Georgian Downs is pleased to confirm that announcer Larry Lederman will make a one-time trip to Canada to call its Xtreme Horsepower event on July 14.   “We’re programming a card of extreme racing, so we thought we better attract an extreme announcer,” said Chris Roberts, director of operatio
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$18,000 1st prize for Tioga driving tourney
June 21, 2007
Tioga Downs will play host to its first annual Driver’s Championship on Sunday, July 29, with the top seven money-winning drivers in North America along with the leading money-winning driver at Tioga Downs and one sponsors' exemption to be invited to participate.   The Driver’s Chal
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
June 21, 2007
In Andrew Cohen's newest installment of Wire To Wire he takes note of some of the promotions used by various racetracks, but he also wonders why the ideas don't seem to be shared much. Cohen has come up with an interesting idea on how racetracks can band together and share the things that work
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